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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  peff@peff.net,
	 "D . Ben Knoble" <benknoble@gmail.com>,
	 "brian m . carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:29:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqldgyrk24.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260211211810.278806-2-jonatan@jontes.page> (Jonatan Holmgren's message of "Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:18:08 +0100")

Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page> writes:

> help.c has its own get_alias() config callback that duplicates the
> parsing logic in alias.c. Consolidate by teaching list_aliases() to
> also store the alias values (via the string_list util field), then
> use it in list_all_cmds_help_aliases() instead of the private
> callback.
>
> This preserves the existing error checking for value-less alias
> definitions by checking in alias.c rather than help.c.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page>
> ---
>  alias.c          |  8 +++++++-
>  help.c           | 17 ++---------------
>  t/t0014-alias.sh | 10 ++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Looks good.  There is a small functional change not on the
help.c:get_alias() side (i.e., "git help --all") but on the
alias.c:list_aliases() side.  "git --list-cmds=alias", used by
command line completion, used to include such a broken alias, but it
no longer does (and gets an error).

I think it is fine to call it a bugfix ;-)


> diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c
> index 1a1a141a0a..271acb9bf1 100644
> --- a/alias.c
> +++ b/alias.c
> @@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ static int config_alias_cb(const char *key, const char *value,
>  						 key, value);
>  		}
>  	} else if (data->list) {
> -		string_list_append(data->list, p);
> +		struct string_list_item *item;
> +
> +		if (!value)
> +			return config_error_nonbool(key);
> +
> +		item = string_list_append(data->list, p);
> +		item->util = xstrdup(value);
>  	}
>  
>  	return 0;
> diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
> index fefd811f7a..0bdb7ca10f 100644
> --- a/help.c
> +++ b/help.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>  #include "prompt.h"
>  #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
>  #include "repository.h"
> +#include "alias.h"
>  
>  #ifndef NO_CURL
>  #include "git-curl-compat.h" /* For LIBCURL_VERSION only */
> @@ -468,20 +469,6 @@ void list_developer_interfaces_help(void)
>  	putchar('\n');
>  }
>  
> -static int get_alias(const char *var, const char *value,
> -		     const struct config_context *ctx UNUSED, void *data)
> -{
> -	struct string_list *list = data;
> -
> -	if (skip_prefix(var, "alias.", &var)) {
> -		if (!value)
> -			return config_error_nonbool(var);
> -		string_list_append(list, var)->util = xstrdup(value);
> -	}
> -
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
>  static void list_all_cmds_help_external_commands(void)
>  {
>  	struct string_list others = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
> @@ -501,7 +488,7 @@ static void list_all_cmds_help_aliases(int longest)
>  	struct cmdname_help *aliases;
>  	int i;
>  
> -	repo_config(the_repository, get_alias, &alias_list);
> +	list_aliases(&alias_list);
>  	string_list_sort(&alias_list);
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < alias_list.nr; i++) {
> diff --git a/t/t0014-alias.sh b/t/t0014-alias.sh
> index 07a53e7366..a13d2be8ca 100755
> --- a/t/t0014-alias.sh
> +++ b/t/t0014-alias.sh
> @@ -112,4 +112,14 @@ test_expect_success 'cannot alias-shadow a sample of regular builtins' '
>  	done
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'alias without value reports error' '
> +	test_when_finished "git config --unset alias.noval" &&
> +	cat >>.git/config <<-\EOF &&
> +	[alias]
> +		noval
> +	EOF
> +	test_must_fail git noval 2>error &&
> +	test_grep "alias.noval" error
> +'
> +
>  test_done

  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-11 22:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-08 15:30 [RFC] Support UTF-8 characters in Git alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-08 16:07 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-08 23:21 ` brian m. carlson
2026-02-09 14:55   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 15:19     ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-09 17:59       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 22:40     ` brian m. carlson
2026-02-09 23:14       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10  0:45         ` Ben Knoble
2026-02-10  1:04           ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10  6:59             ` Jeff King
2026-02-09  7:36 ` Jeff King
2026-02-09 13:59   ` Theodore Tso
2026-02-09 22:01 ` [PATCH v1] alias: support UTF-8 characters via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10  7:44   ` Jeff King
2026-02-10  8:30   ` Torsten Bögershausen
2026-02-10 16:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 18:31 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 18:31   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing and lookup Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 19:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 18:31   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 19:47     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 22:29       ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-23  9:29     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-23 16:07       ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-23 20:22         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 20:25           ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 10:27     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 22:27   ` [PATCH 1/3] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 23:17     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 22:27   ` [PATCH 2/3] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 22:27   ` [PATCH 3/3] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:18 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:18   ` [PATCH v4 1/3] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 22:29     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-11 21:18   ` [PATCH v4 2/3] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:53     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-11 21:18   ` [PATCH v4 3/3] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 22:28     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-12 11:16     ` Richard Kerry
2026-02-12 15:34       ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-12 18:52     ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-12 10:27   ` [PATCH v4 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Torsten Bögershausen
2026-02-12 15:35     ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] support uTF-8 " Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15   ` [PATCH v5 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15   ` [PATCH v5 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15   ` [PATCH v5 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15   ` [PATCH v5 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 18:32     ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-17 20:01     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52   ` [PATCH v6 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52   ` [PATCH v6 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 16:21     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-18 14:52   ` [PATCH v6 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52   ` [PATCH v6 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57   ` [PATCH v7 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 22:19     ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-24 22:41       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 20:45         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-26 23:33           ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-24 22:21     ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-18 21:57   ` [PATCH v7 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57   ` [PATCH v7 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 10:55     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 14:48       ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 23:23         ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-18 21:57   ` [PATCH v7 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-19 18:17   ` [PATCH v7 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Junio C Hamano
2026-02-19 18:54     ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 17:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 17:12   ` [PATCH 1/2] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 19:11     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 19:14       ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 20:23         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 17:12   ` [PATCH 2/2] alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias] Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 17:00   ` [PATCH 0/2] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Junio C Hamano
2026-02-26 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example Jonatan Holmgren
2026-03-03  9:41     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-03 15:13       ` [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example! Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias] Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] git, help: fix memory leaks in alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 21:08   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Junio C Hamano
2026-03-03 15:12 ` [PATCH] doc: fix list continuation in alias.adoc Jonatan Holmgren

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